Still Missing

[Zynx_Keekeio]

It's going to be a week tuesday and Luella my SHTCTB is still missing -looks down at the ground and sighs- all good things must come to an end.

 

[bubblez825]

awwwwwwww I hope she appears soon. remember, geckos can go a few weeks without food. there are many people on here with great stories of lost and found geckos that have gone missing for weeks! just keep your hopes up and I'm sure she will show up . *hugs*

 

[THE WHISPERER]

first off I'd like to suggest lots of hides, maybe two in each room. and I know its a pain but i do suggest laying paper down across every doorway with flour on it, that way if your gecko crosses it you'll know exactly which room its in and which direction it went. hope this helps and I hope you find your gecko. best of luck.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

Don't give up hope Zynx. She could pop up anywhere. -hugs-

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

first off I'd like to suggest lots of hides, maybe two in each room. and I know its a pain but i do suggest laying paper down across every doorway with flour on it, that way if your gecko crosses it you'll know exactly which room its in and which direction it went. hope this helps and I hope you find your gecko. best of luck.

Thats a great idea!!! I would so do that if I didn't have 3 dogs who'd love to play in it and scatter it across the house,lol.

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Don't give up hope Zynx. She could pop up anywhere. -hugs-

My hope is dwindling but she did have a lot of fat and her tail was nice and plump so she should be okay food wise for a while but she just got over an eye infection and she's a terrible shedder

 

[Lady_Kiya]

Just keep looking Hun, I know it's hard.
Leos have a way with popping up in the most unheard of places. LOL

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Just keep looking Hun, I know it's hard.
Leos have a way with popping up in the most unheard of places. LOL

well my ccousin did find her hamster inside the stove, not under it, not behind it, but in it! how it accomplished this feet I'm not totally sure

 

[GeckoGathering]

Find A Gecko 101

Thats a great idea!!! I would so do that if I didn't have 3 dogs who'd love to play in it and scatter it across the house,lol.

Find a Gecko 101 Note Chapter 1 :
You do not have to find a lost gecko, simply find it's hiding place.
I could find your gecko, if I were there. I'm not so you would have
to give me details on the area it was last seen in........
#1 thing to do is keep that area or room closed up if possible.
(if B.R./door kept closed till found)
what room?, room temp.? water source present(as a bath,shower, etc.)?
closets? animals? carpet? rugs? storage boxes? appliances with motor (like fridge) Open wall space or all filled with furniture?.........anything else.
I have found 3 of my own and helped 9 others.....
Fee is $100 + airfare and lodging.................
just a little humor.

 

[Next Level Geckos]

they can be anywhere, trust me. ANYWHERE. one of my geckos managed to escape for about a week, and one day im about to put my shoe on and i see a little head looking up at me. Check shoes!

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Find a Gecko 101 Note Chapter 1 :
You do not have to find a lost gecko, simply find it's hiding place.
I could find your gecko, if I were there. I'm not so you would have
to give me details on the area it was last seen in........
#1 thing to do is keep that area or room closed up if possible.
(if B.R./door kept closed till found)
what room?, room temp.? water source present(as a bath,shower, etc.)?
closets? animals? carpet? rugs? storage boxes? appliances with motor (like fridge) Open wall space or all filled with furniture?.........anything else.
I have found 3 of my own and helped 9 others.....
Fee is $100 + airfare and lodging.................
just a little humor.

lol if I had the money I say gt your butt down here now, but I don't so here is my house!
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the carpet in my room was never stretched so it is possible to lift it up in some places but for a leo to do it, seems unlikely

Pretty much everthing can be looked behind, or under

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

they can be anywhere, trust me. ANYWHERE. one of my geckos managed to escape for about a week, and one day im about to put my shoe on and i see a little head looking up at me. Check shoes!

doin now

 

[Lady_Kiya]

well my ccousin did find her hamster inside the stove, not under it, not behind it, but in it! how it accomplished this feet I'm not totally sure

Omg! In the stove!? Hampsters are as bad as geckos with finding hiding places. LOL!

 

[GeckoGathering]

Escape From Oklahoma

the carpet in my room was never stretched so it is possible to lift it up in some places but for a leo to do it, seems unlikely

Pretty much everthing can be looked behind, or under

OK, I wish I could say I spotted it from your airial drawing, but I don't see it yet.
But we will find it..........
First, just a comment. the carpet...The gecko doesn't have to lift it, but if there is any place that you might be able to slip your hand under? (like an edge)? its a possibility..................................................................
The BR closet is my first pick...Especially if it was light in the room.
If your closet floor is full of stuff.....( most are)
Two ways.....
Search every item with an entry(shoe/to the toe...shake em out)
Put that item up on a shelf or somewhere so the gecko can't get in later.

This is the place to start...............The second way to do the
closet floor is not the most effective but a non patience person way.
Couple Shoe boxes 3 entry holes each...the hole less side against a wall......contains moist paper towels............check often.
You can even do both of these until you feel it is not there. But you got to keep the closet door closed 24/7

I am making an assumption that you have looked
under the TV, Desk, Dresser, Space between the bed and wall............
and if your BR door opens to a hall or the area I see listing a Bookcase.

Your gecko can go a pretty good while without food or water........
Its first searching will be for protection,
heat/cool (so it can be changing spots to find the temp. needed),
water, food............
and if you held it a lot......even boredom from not seeing you.

If your BR door is open a lot where it could have left.......
Check the hall bath out good....moisture will be in its search.
Found one in the folds of a shower curtain.

Take care... HJ
May the "Finding of the Gecko Force be with You"

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

OK, I wish I could say I spotted it from your airial drawing, but I don't see it yet.
But we will find it..........
First, just a comment. the carpet...The gecko doesn't have to lift it, but if there is any place that you might be able to slip your hand under? (like an edge)? its a possibility..................................................................
The BR closet is my first pick...Especially if it was light in the room.
If your closet floor is full of stuff.....( most are)
Two ways.....
Search every item with an entry(shoe/to the toe...shake em out)
Put that item up on a shelf or somewhere so the gecko can't get in later.

This is the place to start...............The second way to do the
closet floor is not the most effective but a non patience person way.
Couple Shoe boxes 3 entry holes each...the hole less side against a wall......contains moist paper towels............check often.
You can even do both of these until you feel it is not there. But you got to keep the closet door closed 24/7

I am making an assumption that you have looked
under the TV, Desk, Dresser, Space between the bed and wall............
and if your BR door opens to a hall or the area I see listing a Bookcase.

Your gecko can go a pretty good while without food or water........
Its first searching will be for protection,
heat/cool (so it can be changing spots to find the temp. needed),
water, food............
and if you held it a lot......even boredom from not seeing you.

If your BR door is open a lot where it could have left.......
Check the hall bath out good....moisture will be in its search.
Found one in the folds of a shower curtain.

Take care... HJ
May the "Finding of the Gecko Force be with You"

HAven't checked the shower currtain but I have checked everything else you said, even all my closets.

 

[JBGecko]

Well I hope Luella turns up soon. I was lucky enough to have my Great Dane find my little one today and that was after about 10 days. The funny thing is she was found in a place that I had already looked several times. Those little guys can get anywhere. Just keep up hope and I am sure she will turn up, mine is proof of that.

Jason

 

[Bodon]

I hope it does turn up because i lost a rosy boa about 3 months ago and i still havent found it, although i havent give up hope i do suspect the worst.

 

[THE WHISPERER]

I say block the dogs from the hallway and try the flour, also put out water dishes on paper with a ring of flour around them. my guess is its in one of the bedrooms or the bathroom. good luck.

 

[hybrid]

In your closet...is there a long jacket or robe in there that is almost if not touching the ground? maybe where the gecko can climb u into it for warmth?

I would be safe to bet its still in your room. Shoes are on the top list for possible places to hide, also search everything under that bed.

The bookcase in the hall is another good spot for him to hide...pull out all the books on bottom shelf to search it.

Sounds weird but everytime i would "loose" a lizard is my old house...it would be behind the fridge. There is alot of heat behind/under them u wouldnt think. Try that last though. its far from his pen.

 

[GeckoGathering]

Help me find Your Gecko?

HAven't checked the shower currtain but I have checked everything else you said, even all my closets.

After your closet checks..........
did you place everything back on the floor?......(probably).......so
Can you come up with shoe boxes to do as I mentioned?(suggest)
Call a shoe store for empties.......or is it time for new ones?
Do you now have your closet doors closed? (suggest)
Its awful easy to miss it in a shoe that's on the floor ---------->
-------> if you don't shake it out.( suggest checking again)
Heat/Air register in the floor or ceiling.(hopefully ceiling)
Take care. HJ
"may the discovery gecko angel force be with you"